Aladin
2009 2h 12m movie Film India

Aladin

“and the Mystery of the lamp”

Synopsis

“and the Mystery of the lamp”

Based in the municipality of Khwaish, abused by his classmates, Aladin Chatterjee, who was orphaned when his parents, Arun and Riya, died in an accident in Siachen Valley, lived with his paternal grandfather until the later's passing. Now alone, grown up, studying in Khwaish University, and still being abused by fellow-college mates, he finds himself smitten by the lovely US Exchange Student, Jasmine. Unable to express his feelings for her, he rubs a lamp that was gifted to him on his birthday, which summons a genie named Genius. He gets 3 wishes, but wastes 2 of them, but on the 3rd one he insists that Genius assist him to win Jasmine's heart without any magical tricks. Hilarious chaos result when everything seems to fail while an immortal and deadly entity, Ringmaster, and his hordes, prepares to confront Genius and Aladin so that he can acquire more magical powers with the help of the lamp on the day of the sighting of a rare comet and the truth behind the death of Aladin's parents.

The 2008–2010 India Window

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The 2000s India Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Aladin premiered. 454 total titles in this decade from India.

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Reception Benchmarks

6.2
TMDB Rating
82
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #1,161 of 1,983 India films indexed here (41st percentile by TMDB audience score).

Among India Fantasy productions specifically: #51 of 82 (top 62%).

Production Details

Primary Country India
Original Language Hindi
Runtime 2h 12m
Release Date October 29, 2009
IMDb tt1227762
Official Site aladin.erosentertainment.com

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